Powerful Category 5 Hurricane Irma Aims At Caribbean Islands

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP/WJZ) — Officials across the northeastern Caribbean canceled airline flights, shuttered schools and urged people to hunker down indoors as Hurricane Irma barreled toward the region as a powerful Category 5 storm expected to strengthen more before nearing land late Tuesday.
“The storm is building strength,” says Bob Turk.
On Tuesday morning, the National Hurricane Center says the storm intensified overnight from a Category 4 to a Category 5 storm and is